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‘Just Like Us’ and ‘A Better Life’ Reviews: Lives on the Other Side

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They star no A-listers and are about stories you have likely never heard of. How refreshing is something new in the sea of remakes and rehashes this summer has dumped on our shores?

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Jul 13, 2011 | Leave a response

Insert troll comment here about repressed male sexuality. Poster from Paramount Studios.

‘Transformers 3′ Review: The Transformer Drinking Game

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No plot, no real acting, too loud, too offensive, too stupid, too many foreground and background changes, too many cameos, over inflated, over done, over length, and I’m over it.

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Jul 5, 2011 | 4 Responses

Muscle lantern-I mean, Green Lantern! Poster from Warner Bros. Studios

‘Green Lantern’ Review: Turn Off the Fear

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As far as action movies go, it’s fun and non-challenging. “The Green Lantern” is good old fashion fun where you know who is the good guy and who is the bad guy.

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Jun 17, 2011 | Leave a response

When your main co-stars have names like "bitey" and "stinky"-worry. Alot. Poster from 20th Century Fox.

‘Mr.Popper’s Penguins’ Review: Positively Preposterous

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In the event that you have forgotten a favorite among the reading lists of your elementary school, let me sum up the premise of Mr. Popper’s Penguins. A painter and [...]

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Jun 17, 2011 | Leave a response

Doesn't this just scream, 'Collect them all!' ? Poster from Dreamworks Studios

‘Kung Fu Panda 2′ Review: Back with a ‘Skadoosh’

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Summer sequel overload is just beginning folks. Step right up and have a go at which sequel you think would suck less this weekend. Hangover 2 look too contrived? You [...]

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May 30, 2011 | Leave a response

The usual suspect: ugly cocktail dresses. Bridesmaids Poster.

From the SXSW Vault: ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Hesher’ Reviews

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Consider this a fair sampling of the odds and ends one sees at South by Southwest. One movie stars a bubbly Kristen Wiig weighed down by the economic depression in [...]

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May 14, 2011 | Leave a response

Surfer Ezekiel prepares to take on the International circuit. Still from "Splinters."

A Take on Tribeca 2011: ‘Splinters’ Review

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I did not want Splinters. I have immensely disliked sports movies for as long as I can remember. The exception is Bring It On, only because it is nothing but [...]

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Apr 26, 2011 | Leave a response

Birth of a Salesman. Photo by Monica Castillo

‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’ Review: The Greatest Review Ever Written?

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Warning: This documentary contains as many sponsors as your average summer movie blockbuster. That factoid kicks off the inquisitive look at the wide world of marketing. The good, the bad, [...]

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Apr 22, 2011 | Leave a response

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The Greatest Interview Ever Given (starring Morgan Spurlock)

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With the release of The Greatest Movie Ever Sold this week, the advertising industry will be holding its breath. It is the wide-spread return of wild-man documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, [...]

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Apr 18, 2011 | 1 Response

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Queue Your Netflix with Class(ics): A Tribute to Sidney Lumet

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The man with a message, director Sidney Lumet, passed away this weekend on April 9th. The living legend had been working until the end, contributing to a documentary in 2009 [...]

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Apr 13, 2011 | 1 Response

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Reel Straight SXSW: ‘Weekend’ Review

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Daring yet charmingly British, “Weekend” boldly addresses the issues of young love in the modern era and the problems facing homosexual love. It is an emotional, raw story regardless of the boundaries of time and discrimination. I can’t ask for anything better from a romance.

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Apr 6, 2011 | Leave a response

The leads of Win Win: Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryans, and Paul Giamatti. Photo by Monica Castillo

Reel Straight SXSW: ‘Win Win’ Review

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Almost three years into the Great Recession, Americans are getting hit with a new financial trend that will likely burst in a few year’s time: the “recession comedy.” It’s a [...]

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Mar 30, 2011 | Leave a response